2026 Conference Program

All times are displayed in Perth local time: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) (GMT+8).

Sunday, 1 February 2026

12pm Registration opens
12.45pm –
2.15pm		 🍴 Lunch Break
2.15pm –
3.15pm

NextGen Session 1
3.15pm –
4.15pm

NextGen Session 2

Monday, 2 February 2026

8.30am –
9.30am		 Registration & Networking
9.30am –
9.45am		 Conference formally opens

Welcome to Country
Opening Remarks
9.45am –
10.50am		 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Common Law Corporations

Speaker: Professor Joshua Getzler, The University of Oxford
Chair: The Hon. Chief Justice Peter Quinlan, The Supreme Court of Australia

(CPD Category 4 – Substantive Law)
10.50am –
11.15am		 ☕️ Morning Tea
11.15am –
12.45pm		 CONCURRENT PANELS #1
Parallel Session 1
Theories of the Corporate Person		 Parallel Session 2
Corporate Stakeholders		 Parallel Session 3
Corporate Duties		 Practitioner Stream
Masterclass with ASIC
(CPD Category 3 – Professional Skills)
12.45pm –
1.45pm		 🍴 Lunch Break
1.45pm –
2.50pm		 PLENARY PANEL

The Good Corporate Citizen

Speakers:
  • Associate Professor Fiona McGaughey , The University of Western Australia (Modern Slavery)
  • Mr Tyson McEwan , The University of Western Australia (advancing/enforcing Indigenous RAP/Procurement undertakings)
  • Ms Rebecca Faugno , The University of Western Australia (Corporate Rehabilitation Orders)

Chair: The Hon Robert French AM

(CPD Category 4 – Substantive Law)
2.55pm –
4pm		 CONCURRENT PANELS #2
Parallel Session 1
ESG		 Parallel Session 2
Directors’ duties		 Parallel Session 3
Regulatory trends		 Practitioner Stream
Good Corporate Counsel
(CPD Category 1 – Ethics)
4pm –
4.20pm		 ☕️ Break
4.20pm –
5.25pm		 PLENARY PANEL

Indigenous peoples, corporate law and corporate realities

Chair: Mr Tyson McEwan , The University of Western Australia

(CPD Category 3 – Professional Skills)
5.30pm –
6.30pm		 CONCURRENT PANELS #3
Parallel Session 1
Corporate Culture
(CPD Category 2)		 Parallel Session 2
Corporate Governance		 Parallel Session 3
Remedies/penalties		 Practitioner Stream
Business Structures in Law
(CPD Category 2 – Practice Management and Business Skills)
7.30pm 🍴 CONFERENCE DINNER

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

8.30am Registration opens
9am –
10.05am		 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Corporate Groups

Speakers:
  • Professor Christian Whitting, National University of Singapore
  • The Hon. Justice Katrina Banks-Smith, Federal Court of Australia.

(CPD Category 4 – Substantive Skills)
10.05am –
10.25am		 ☕️ Morning Tea
10.25am –
12pm		 CONCURRENT PANELS #4
Parallel Session 1
Mergers & Acquisitions/Competition		 Parallel Session 2
Corporate Restructures		 Parallel Session 3
Corporate Insolvencies
12pm –
1.30pm		 🍴 Lunch & Scola AGM
1.30pm –
2.35pm		 PLENARY PANEL

AI, Big Tech and Corporations Law

Speakers:
  • Professor Lusina Ho, Hong Kong University, and Professor Emerita Susan Gary, University of Oregon
  • Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson, University of Melbourne
  • The Hon. Justice Darren Jackson, Federal Court of Australia.

(CPD Category 4 – Substantive Law)
2.40pm –
4pm		 CONCURRENT PANELS #5
Parallel Session 1
DAOs		 Parallel Session 2
Directors’ Duties		 Parallel Session 3
Regulatory Challenges of AI in Corporate Law
4pm –
4.20pm		 ☕️ Afternoon Tea
4.20pm –
5.25pm		 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

The Corporate State

Speaker: Professor Elise Bant, The University of Western Australia
Chair: TBC

5.30pm Conference closing